Patternmaking for Fashion Design
by Helen Joseph-Armstrong · Helen Joseph-Armstrong
Standard fashion-school textbook on flat patternmaking: drafting slopers, then manipulating darts, adding fullness, and developing collars, sleeves, skirts, and pants. Readers learn to interpret and alter pattern markings and to design original patterns from basic blocks.
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